Groppoli
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade - round arches
Scene Description: one large arch on each side of the font
B02: human figure - head
Scene Description: large human head in one of the arches
BS01: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
Scene Description: in one of the spandrels of the arcade
BS02: design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: in one of the spandrels of the arcade
INFORMATION
FontID: 05011GRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Pieve S. Michele
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Italy
Location: Pistoia, Toscana
Font Location in Church: inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Biehl (1926: Tafel 71) as a polygonal [hexagonal?] monoloithic font ornamented with a high-relief arcade of round arches around the sides; some of the arches appear blind but at least one has a large human head; the spandrels of the arcade have fleur-de-lis and other foliage motifs.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: polygonal (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
REFERENCES
Biehl, Walter, Toskanische Plastik des frühen und hohen Mittelalters, Leipzig: Verlag von E.A. Seemann, 1926